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Synonyms for lack
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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

  2. lacknoun

    To be without, to need, to require.

    My life lacks excitement.

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

  3. lacknoun

    To be short (of or for something).

    He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency

    Antonyms:
    fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    want, require, need, be destitute of

    Antonyms:
    supply, have abundance of

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. lack, deficiency, wantverb

    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

    "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

    Synonyms:
    neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

  2. miss, lackverb

    be without

    "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

    Synonyms:
    drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, miss, overlook, escape

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    be in want

  3. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    be wanting

  4. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    want, need, deficiency, dearth, paucity, scarcity, drought, default, deficit, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortness

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    need, want, be in need of, require, sedulous

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  1. LACK

    What does LACK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LACK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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How to use lack in a sentence?

  1. Craig Clements:

    April 1 is usually the time of year we have the highest fuel moisture content, and this year they are still dormant because lack of rain, they are stressed and there's no new growth. The plants aren't responding because of the lack of moisture.

  2. Ian Daniel:

    What I take from that is there was a need for these stories, and we’re fulfilling that on some level, there’s a lack of diversity in storytelling, especially on television… and it’s not just about LGBT people, it’s people of color, it’s all minorities… we just need to be aware of what people are experiencing. If you’re not experiencing that and you’re a producer or filmmaker, just take the time to educate yourself a little bit, or to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, and I think that just makes for better content everywhere. For our show, we just want people to have some sort of visceral reaction. Hopefully they like it, but it’s cool if people don’t and we can create a dialogue and have a real conversation.

  3. Rachel Dardik:

    The tissue acts like sticky glue on different organs, and that can fix them in place, that lack of flexibility can make things hurt during sex.

  4. San Jose Sharks:

    The NHL has advised our organization that Evander Kane has been suspended without pay for 21 games for an established violation of, and lack of compliance with, the NHL/NHLPA COVID-19 Protocols, while we are encouraged by Evander’s commitment to moving forward, we are extremely disappointed by his disregard for the health and safety protocols put in place by the NHL and the NHLPA.

  5. Madeleine Cale:

    People that I had been around for 10 years, it was like there was no reaching out. There was no,' What's going on ? How can I help you ?' it showed a lack of depth, even though we had shared pretty intimate things.


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